Brain Morphometry BIRN
BIRN’s Morphometry Test Bed focuses on pooling and analyzing data across neuroimaging sites for potential relationships between anatomical differences and specific memory dysfunctions, such as depression, mild Alzheimer’s disease, and mild cognitive impairment.
By acquiring and pooling patient data across sites, scientists are analyzing data from a large group of subjects, in order to investigate what structural brain differences correlate to symptoms of memory dysfunction or depression. This line of research has already uncovered new diagnostic differences and is expected to lead to potential therapies.
Key Personnel
Principal Investigator: Bruce Rosen
Scientific Coordinator: Randy Gollub
Project Manager: Karl Helmer
Organization: 10 Institutions
| Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Site Principal Investigator: Ranga Krishnan; Co-PI: James MacFall |
fMRI Research Center, University of California, San Diego Site Principal Investigator: Anders Dale |
| Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Irvine Site Principal Investigator: Steven Potkin |
Harvard University Center for Brain Science: Randy Buckner |
| Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies Massachusetts General Hospital (Submitting Institution) Site Principal Investigator: David Kennedy; Co-PI: Randy Gollub |
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, University of California, Los Angeles Site Principal Investigator: Arthur Toga |
| Center for Image Science, Johns Hopkins University Site Principal Investigator: Michael Miller; Co-PI: Peter van Zijl |
Surgical Planning Lab, Brigham and Women's Hospital Site Principal Investigator Ron Kikinis |
| Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Site Principal Investigator: Eric Grimson |
Washington University, St Louis Neuroinformatics Research Group: Dan Marcus |